June 7 , 2004 - Board Minutes

Minutes of the REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS

June 7, 2004
in the Board Room of BC Land, 1196 Dogwood, Campbell River, B.C.

Archived Board Minutes

ALSO PRESENT: Jim Forsyth, General Manager

1. Call to Order at 7:26 pm

2. Minutes of the Meeting of the 3 May 2004:

Moved by G. Griffin, seconded by S. Sinnott: THAT the minutes of the meeting of the 3 May 2004 be approved. CARRIED.

3. ENDS:

Ends policies (EP1to 5) were quickly reviewed with no changes or additions made.

4. Board Governance Policies:

Board Governance policies (GP1 to 8).

5. Linkage Limitations:

Discussion ensued in regard to Policy EL5 per changes in CRTV’s Operating Line of Credit (OLC) and the Term Debt. The Board had no difficulty with the proposed change of decreasing OLC to $700K and increasing the Term Debt to $1.5M amortized over six years.

6. Monitoring Confirmation:

Board - GM Linkage policies (BL1 to 5)

Monitoring report in regard to Policy EL3 was discussed and approved.

7. Ownership Linkage:

L. Marshal congratulated the Manager and CRTV Staff for the great work that they have been doing over the years. The Board Governance survey results are a Testament of the good work.

Discussion ensued in regard to the positive results of the recent Board Governance survey. It was decided that a special committee be made up of L. Marshal, R. Kerr and K. Croft be established to put together a communications plan in regard to communicating the results of the survey.

It was also determined that the Board should meet for a day long session to review the Board Governance policies in light of the survey results. Tentative dates were proposed and Manager was instructed to set up such a meeting.

8. Incidental Information:

Moved by S. Sinnott, seconded by R. Kerr : THAT the Consent Agenda be approved. CARRIED

L. Marshal reported that the Bylaw Review Committee had met a number of times and that a draft document would
be made available to the Board at the next meeting.

9. Board Meeting Evaluation:

The Directors evaluated the meeting:
- KC was impressed that we have made some long term strategic plans.
- RK noted that the meeting could have gone on a lot longer. He thanked staff for survey results.
- JK noted that the survey gives new meaning to the silent majority. Really encouraged by the results.
- SS felt that the Board did a pretty good job before the survey.

10. ADJOURNMENT:

Moved by S. Sinnott, seconded by L. Marshal: THAT the meeting be adjourned at
9:03 p.m. CARRIED

Scheduled Board Meetings: Monday July 12 , 2004.

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